Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[flatbroke]

Damn that's a big log. Probably end up with 3 nuts loading that thing

 

[flatbroke]

What type tree is that.

 

[nighthunter]

What type tree is that.

beech

 

[woodchip rookie]

I'll just be over here scrounging popsicle sticks....

 

[MustangMike]

I remember when we used to have a lot of nice looking large Beech like that here also (I believe George Washington's replacement teeth were Beech).

There was one near the old High School, and everyone tried carving their initials in the smooth bark.

Now adays it seems that none of them get very large, and the bark is no longer smooth and good looking. I beleive some bug or blight is taking it's toll.

Seems like we now have more tree species that are dying than are living healthy, which should be a big concern. Chestnut, Elm, Hemlock, Beech, Ash etc are all in trouble, and the invasive vines are wrapped around a lot of the ones not in trouble!

 

[MustangMike]

Here it is, I was not imagining, from Wikipedia:

Beech bark disease is a disease that causes mortality and defects in beech trees in the eastern United States and Europe.[1][2][3] [4]In North America, the disease occurs after extensive bark invasion by the beech scale insect, Cryptococcus fagisuga. Through a presently unknown mechanism, excessive feeding by this insect causes two different fungi (Neonectria faginata (previously Nectria coccinea var. faginata) and Neonectria ditissima (previously Nectria galligena)) to produce annual cankers on the bark of the tree. The continuous formation of lesions around the tree eventually girdles it, resulting in canopy death. In Europe, N. coccinea is the primary fungus causing the infection.[3]Infection in European trees occurs in the same manner as it does in North American trees. Though the disease still appears in Europe, it is less serious today than it once was.[2]

 

[turnkey4099]

Have you pulled the limiters and retuned it. It seems a lot of the echo saws are tuned stupid lean out of the box especially the cheaper ones.

When first fired up it sounds like it running a tad rich, after several cuts it smooths out and runs nicely.

 

[turnkey4099]

From what I've read most times it's the carb, they are solid performing saws. A bit low on power as many of the echo saws are, but opening the muffler and resetting the carb goes a long way on them as James was saying, they are pretty plugged up to meet the epa requirements.
I've been told on the 192t that there is a small screen that get's plugged on the carb and will act the same way.

I haven't played with it since I posted the problem. It seems to be only a starting problem, doesn't want to even 'pop' when warmed up. So far I have been unable to demonstrate it at that dealer - 4 tries to do so already.

 

[LondonNeil]

I had a day cutting logs. With the 038S still not back from my brother I grabbed the ms180 and started on all the small stuff, then had some bigger silver birch that I needed to get bucked so I can split it before it goes punky, then onto some sycamore and some other random stuff that was large enough I'd have grabbed the bigger saw, but it was just small enough the 14" bar of the 180 got through. When I had a sharp chain it cut quick enough...although the bigger saw does cut faster. I was cutting oak, silver birch, sycamore (european, actually a type pf maple) , cherry, and a little pine. I then STUPIDLY decided to cut up some broken pallets and pallet tops so i can split some kindling. I had the saw out and it had half a tank of fuel...surely i could spot ALL the nails if i looked hard enough? When will I learn! blunt chain. Add that to the chain that wasn't particularly sharp when i picked the saw up first off, and that was 2 in the sharpening pile. grabbed a third chain and looked, that looks weird...those cutters don't look to have been ground right, they don't looked very hooked, almost sloping back to the tip! Oh well shove it on and try it..no that don't cut for toffee. Well my brother's FIL did sharpen a chain for me in a rush just days before going in for a cataract op this summer...I reckon he used the wrong wheel on his grinder. So 3 chains to sharpen and time to try out the new stihl 2 in 1 file. That badly ground chain was ground at the wrong angle too...definitely very wrong. After doing three chains having never filed one before I can say it seemed easy to use, but the test will be how they cut. I did notice the file isn't taking the rakers down much at all. A couple of chains were maybe 1/3rd worn and it seemed the grinder had taken the rakers lower than the file would as it rarely touched them. One of the 3 I sharpened must have been new as the rakers had never been touched, and the file didn't seem to touch them yet either. fairly sure I took plenty off the cutters with 6 firm strokes, 10 on the wrongly ground chain. We shall see how the 3 chains cut before I declare the file a success....

Anyway, small saws get the work done and on the plus side they are easy to wave around and use just a whiff of fuel.

 

[95custmz]

I haven't played with it since I posted the problem. It seems to be only a starting problem, doesn't want to even 'pop' when warmed up. So far I have been unable to demonstrate it at that dealer - 4 tries to do so already.

Might be vapor lock. Have you checked your fuel cap? Next time, try to loosen the cap before you start it to see if that helps.

 

[svk]

Seems like we now have more tree species that are dying than are living healthy, which should be a big concern. Chestnut, Elm, Hemlock, Beech, Ash etc are all in trouble, and the invasive vines are wrapped around a lot of the ones not in trouble!

Same here.

Aspen blight and canker
White pine rust
Spruce budworm
Birch borer and leaf miner
Maples die off from something
Dutch elm disease (elms are making a comeback now)
Ash borer not here yet but soon as it's 100 miles south of me
What else am I missing.

 

[Dieseldash]

Gotta throw in the Rock Mountain Bark Beetle. It's a sad sight:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/barkbeetle/home

 

[LondonNeil]

same here, or could be. Oak is our most common woodland tree (thanks Henry VIII, you had the forethought to plant Oak to ensure the British navy would have materials for building our fleet) but is possibly under threat from Sudden Oak die back AND Oak wilt in a dual attack. Oh and add in Oak processionary Moth that has popped up in a few places. Ash is our most common hedgerow tree and is feared to also be about to face a dual attack, borer which is marching west across Europe, and Ash wilt. Elms, or all the big ones, went 30-40 years ago (but apparently lots of small ones survive so maybe they will return?)

We've also got Asian Hornets popping up, nasty SOB's, unlike our native hornet the Asian ones are like angry wasps on steroids, reported as 'Killer' although from what I read the sting is nasty but not that bad usually, but thy threaten to decimate our bees as they can destroy a bee hive in hours.

Government agencies are supposedly working on al these problems but will they manage to find a solution?

These things get unwittingly shipped around the globe and cause havoc to native wildlife.

 

[farmer steve]

Busy day today , started early

It was brisk , only 33 but what a windthrill
Pionerguy600 had to get his docks in before we get some snow or ice .

We had lunch in the camp and we burnt some scrounged wood to get the chill out of camp

We took a quick ride over to Fish river , Oak , lotsa Oak lol

Lotsa 12" to 24" in that stand

When I got home I had orders for some fir branches so I hopped in the car and filled the order

Fir in the trunk and some birch up front with me

Scrounge on gentleman !

nice pics Dan. i'd move there in a minute even if i had to burn spruce.

 

[dancan]

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Nice score , great way to load !
What's the capacity on that trailer ?

I just hope @dancan doesn't try to make a seat out of one of his spruce sticks
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I can get lots done with my spruce mister , quantity , not quality lol

Any 1 want a load of beech firewood delivered
Delivery to America is around 5 thousand dollars
Delivery to Australia is around 7 thousand dollars
Delivery to the UK is 400 pounds
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How much to Canada for a long lost cousin twice removed that would hail from the shores of Donegal ?

I had a day cutting logs. With the 038S still not back from my brother I grabbed the ms180 and started on all the small stuff, then had some bigger silver birch that I needed to get bucked so I can split it before it goes punky, then onto some sycamore and some other random stuff that was large enough I'd have grabbed the bigger saw, but it was just small enough the 14" bar of the 180 got through. When I had a sharp chain it cut quick enough...although the bigger saw does cut faster. I was cutting oak, silver birch, sycamore (european, actually a type pf maple) , cherry, and a little pine. I then STUPIDLY decided to cut up some broken pallets and pallet tops so i can split some kindling. .........

A circular saw works best on pallets

 

[MechanicMatt]

Found a .22 bullet in a split from yesterday's tree....

 

[LondonNeil]

A circular saw works best on pallets

I know I know. I even have a dulled blade to put in mine so I don't care if i hit a nail. I was being lazy. I paid for it. On the plus side I've now [attempted to] sharpened 3 chains, practice makes perfect.

 

[MechanicMatt]

I use a Husqvarna 136 as my pallet saw, works for me.

 

[James Miller]

I know I know. I even have a dulled blade to put in mine so I don't care if i hit a nail. I was being lazy. I paid for it. On the plus side I've now [attempted to] sharpened 3 chains, practice makes perfect.

Im Gona touch up the chain on the 590 and Steve's 036 in the morning and work on the next big oak log before it rains. He's a brave man sending me a saw with a brand new chain on it .

 

[Huntinghicap]

Nice score , great way to load !
What's the capacity on that trailer ?





I can get lots done with my spruce mister , quantity , not quality lol



How much to Canada for a long lost cousin twice removed that would hail from the shores of Donegal ?



A circular saw works best on pallets

Trailer can take 2.5 ton legally.....no of course it never gets overloaded///